At the Cannes Yachting Festival, 6 to 11 September on the French Riviera, Aquila presented the popular Aquila 54 Yacht – the model’s first showcase outside of the US – and the Aquila 36 Sport.

Jason Chipp from Spectrum Marine attended the Cannes Show and was impressed with the growth in the power cat market there, as well as the response to the Aquila brand.

“In Europe, people are becoming more interested in longer range cruising, from country to country,” he explains. “Aquila power cats offer large volume in a good-size footprint. A 54-foot power cat, for example, delivers the space of an 80-foot boat and is the ideal size for a marina berth.”

The Aquila 36 Sport and 54 that were on display and attracted a lot of attention.

The Aquila 54 sports model was on show, presenting a new open flybridge arrangement, which would be appealing for cruising the islands of the Whitsundays, or just as comfortably entertaining on Sydney Harbour.